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Extraordinary rendition : addressing the challenges of accountability / Edited by Elspeth Guild, Didier Bigo and Mark Gibney.

Contributor(s): Guild, Elspeth [editor.] | Bigo, Didier [editor.] | Gibney, Mark [editor.]Series: Routledge studies in human rights: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2018Description: x, 315 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780815387800; 9781351172882Subject(s): United States. Central Intelligence Agency | Extraordinary rendition -- United States | Detention of persons -- United States | Human rights -- Government policy -- United States | Torture -- United States | International law and human rightsDDC classification: 342.82073
Contents:
Introduction / Elspeth Guild, Didier Bigo and Mark Gibney. Part I: The Feinstein Report and its broader implications. 1. The US Senate Select Intelligence Committee report (Feinstein Report) on the CIA extraordinary rendition programme: perspectives from Europe / Elspeth Guild. 2. Dramaturgy of suspicion and the emergence of a transnational guild of extraction of information by torture at a distance / Didier Bigo. 3. Foreign "liaison partners" and the CIA's economy of detention / Crofton Black. Part II: Achieving accountability? 4. Extraordinary renditions: a practice beyond traditional justice / Arianna Vedaschi. 5. The Polish roadmap to accountability: why the implementation of Al Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah judgements is so highly problematic / Barbara Grobowska-Moroz. 6. The UK: the role of rendition and torture in the battle to end judicial deference / Frances Webber. 7. Extraordinary rendition, secrecy, and UK security / Eva Nanopoulos. 8. The quest for absolution and immunity: justifying past and future torture in the name of democracy / Didier Bigo and Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet. Part III: (Re-)establishing the rule of law 9. Extraordinary rendition, the American judiciary, and the failure of the "territorial" approach in both international and domestic law / Mark Gibney. 10. Democratic oversight and the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme in Europe / Elspeth Guild and Didier Bigo. 11. The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's preliminary examination on Afghanistan and possible impacts on accountability for secret detention and rendition / Carla Ferstman.
Summary: "The US led programme of extraordinary rendition created profound challenges for the international system of human rights protection and rule of law. This book examines the efforts of authorities in Europe and the US to re-establish rule of law and respect for human rights through the investigation of the program and its outcomes. The contributions to this volume examine the supranational and national inquiries into the US CIA-led extraordinary rendition and secret detention programme in Europe. The book takes as a starting point two recent and far-reaching developments in delivering accountability and establishing the truth: First, the publication of the executive summary of the US Senate Intelligence Committee (Feinstein) Report, and second, various European Court of Human Rights judgments regarding European Union Member States’ complicity with the CIA and their incompatibility with the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). The collective volume provides the first stock-taking review of the state of affairs in the quest for accountability in the EU, and identifies significant obstacles to further accountability in a selection of EU member states under investigation. It will be vital reading for students and scholars in a wide range of areas, including international relations, international law, public policy and counter-terrorism studies." Routledge website. https://www.routledge.com/Extraordinary-Rendition-Addressing-the-Challenges-of-Accountability/Guild-Bigo-Gibney/p/book/9780815387800
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Introduction / Elspeth Guild, Didier Bigo and Mark Gibney. Part I: The Feinstein Report and its broader implications. 1. The US Senate Select Intelligence Committee report (Feinstein Report) on the CIA extraordinary rendition programme: perspectives from Europe / Elspeth Guild. 2. Dramaturgy of suspicion and the emergence of a transnational guild of extraction of information by torture at a distance / Didier Bigo. 3. Foreign "liaison partners" and the CIA's economy of detention / Crofton Black. Part II: Achieving accountability? 4. Extraordinary renditions: a practice beyond traditional justice / Arianna Vedaschi. 5. The Polish roadmap to accountability: why the implementation of Al Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah judgements is so highly problematic / Barbara Grobowska-Moroz. 6. The UK: the role of rendition and torture in the battle to end judicial deference / Frances Webber. 7. Extraordinary rendition, secrecy, and UK security / Eva Nanopoulos. 8. The quest for absolution and immunity: justifying past and future torture in the name of democracy / Didier Bigo and Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet. Part III: (Re-)establishing the rule of law 9. Extraordinary rendition, the American judiciary, and the failure of the "territorial" approach in both international and domestic law / Mark Gibney. 10. Democratic oversight and the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme in Europe / Elspeth Guild and Didier Bigo. 11. The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's preliminary examination on Afghanistan and possible impacts on accountability for secret detention and rendition / Carla Ferstman.

"The US led programme of extraordinary rendition created profound challenges for the international system of human rights protection and rule of law. This book examines the efforts of authorities in Europe and the US to re-establish rule of law and respect for human rights through the investigation of the program and its outcomes.

The contributions to this volume examine the supranational and national inquiries into the US CIA-led extraordinary rendition and secret detention programme in Europe. The book takes as a starting point two recent and far-reaching developments in delivering accountability and establishing the truth: First, the publication of the executive summary of the US Senate Intelligence Committee (Feinstein) Report, and second, various European Court of Human Rights judgments regarding European Union Member States’ complicity with the CIA and their incompatibility with the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

The collective volume provides the first stock-taking review of the state of affairs in the quest for accountability in the EU, and identifies significant obstacles to further accountability in a selection of EU member states under investigation. It will be vital reading for students and scholars in a wide range of areas, including international relations, international law, public policy and counter-terrorism studies."
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